To dig up Barnstable and Yarmouth, Cape Wind has hired a Falmouth-based construction contractor.

The company that wants to build up to 130 energy-generating wind turbines in Nantucket Sound announced last week that Falmouth-based Lawrence-Lynch Corporation would provide upland construction work to bury transmission cables that will carry electricity from landfall in Yarmouth through to one of Barnstable’s NStar substations.

“This commitment from Cape Wind provides us a great opportunity to both retain and add to our current employment structure, securing work for both management and the trades,” Lawrence-Lynch President Chris Lynch said in a statement from Cape Wind.

Cape Wind has been making news in recent weeks with word of financing arrangements. Although Lawrence-Lynch’s work would start in 2014, the company wants to start construction this year to take advantage of tax credits. Opponents have filed lawsuits to overturn certain federal approvals and block the project.